Hasbro Studios issued their latest Sales Guide document for the press and interested parties today via their official website.

The Los Angeles production studio highlights new and old Transformers related shows available with them and are offering them to local/international markets.

It’s interesting to note that Hasbro Studios has revised the Episode Count of Transformers: Robots In Disguise, reducing it to 45 from last year’s guide (link below) which highlights it as 78. This official announcement reiterates the details revealed from the brochure at MIP2015 Conference and Asia TV Forum & Market Expo.

Total line up is as follows:

Transformers: Robots In Disguise – 45 X 22 minutes

Transformers: Rescue Bots – 104 X 22 minutes

Transformers: Prime – 65 X 22 minutes

Transformers: Prime Predacons Rising – 1 X 66 minutes

Transformers: Generation 1 (1984 – 1987)

Transformers: Armada (2002 – 2003)

Transformers: Energon (2004 – 2005)

Transformers: Cybertron (2005 – 2006)

Transformers: Animated (2007 – 2009)

Check out the links for both 2014 and 2015 Hasbro Studios Sales Guide documents and screenshots, after the jump.

2004 was the 20th anniversary year of the Transformers and also a disastrous year for the brand. Toys were poorly distributed leading to a long period where very little new product made it to shelves, and two major licensors – Dreamwave Comics and 3H who ran the official convention – folded. On the positive side Hasbro and Takara pressed ahead with the Alternators / Binaltech line, a well-received collector-oriented line that reimagined classic Transformers are real cars with realistic detailing and interiors, and the 20th anniversary was marked with a special 20th anniversary Optimus Prime, whose production was aided by a fan poll hosted on this website! In Japan, the 20th anniversary Optimus Prime was released as Masterpiece MP-1 Convoy, kicking off the popular Masterpiece line. [Read more…]

Amazon.com has added a pre order listing for a DVD boxed set of Transformers Energon. Transformers Energon was previously released in 2008 by Paramount but that set is now out of print.

Transformers Energon was the sixth Transformers cartoon to air in the US, and it originally aired in 2004-2005. The series was set 10 years after the events of Transformers Armada and focused on Megatron’s efforts to gather enough Energon to revive Unicron.

The set is due for release on May 6th priced $27.98 on Amazon. [Read more…]

Thanks to 2005 Boards Member Monzo for sharing a new look at an old mystery. Back when Transformers Energon was out, Prowl was initially shown with a head sculpt that differed from the final release. In his travels, Monzo came across some production materials for Energon including Prowl, and we get a look at that alternate head in a bit more detail. Read on to check out the images, and hit the discuss link to talk about it on the forums! [Read more…]

2005 Board member archieboy has been kind enough to share with us some pictures of his latest acquirement – Year of The Snake Platinum Edition Omega Supreme. This War For Cybertron inspired remold of Supreme Energon Omega Supreme is decked out in Generation 1 colors and features a new head and new claw weapon. If you’ve never owned the mold of this figure before, review these pictures to see what you have in store. archieboy has also supplied some comparison shots with Generation 1 Overlord and Maketoys Yellow Giant.

Click the title bar to check out his review of this highly anticipated and soon to be released figure. [Read more…]

The shared exclusive Year Of The Snake Platinum Edition Omega Supreme and Energon Optimus Prime are now available for preorder on Amazon.com. Pricing remains similar to other online outlets at $99.99 and $79.99 respectively. The biggest thing to notice is that unlike BBTS, who are expecting these figures at the end of this month, Amazon is expecting their orders in April of this year.

Get your preorders in at the links above and head over to the boards to discuss! [Read more…]

No words yet about what toy category it will represent. Will it be for the new Generations toy category? Is this the Airachnid trademark Hasbro filed around the same time they trademarked Transformers: Prime? Only time can tell. But in the meantime, do tell us what you think by hitting the Discuss Button.

Transformers artist extraordinaire Dan Khanna has posted some very cool artwork on his Deviant Art Account of the unreleased redecos of Transformers Energon Optimus Prime and Megatron. The three pieces of art show Optimus Prime in his normal form and his super mode, and Megatron in all his glory. These pieces of artwork would have been used for the Target Exclusive redecos of these leaders that would have also come with WST Optimus Prime and Soundwave, respectively.